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The aim of this article is to examine the existing military balance of power on the island and whether Turkey, as one of the guarantors of the 1960 Cyprus Republic, would need to establish a military base on the island due to the hydrocarbon-derived crisis taking place in the Eastern Mediterranean and the special military agreements unilaterally signed by Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA) with other countries against Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The scope of this article is to elaborate the military bases and forces on the island, the military agreements signed by the both parties, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, the balance of power of each side, effects of the hydrocarbon resources within the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of Turkey, TRNC and GCA, the international crisis on the verge to arise from the overlapping EEZ’s of Turkey, TRNC and GCA and the military co-operation need of TRNC with Turkey, to withstand the possible military threats of GCA and allies. The major findings on the issue reveal a unique military structure in the island never seen in the history of the world before. According to the 1960 Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, announced on 16 August 1960, there exists three different military forces on the Cyprus island. First one is the British Sovereign bases consisted of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The second one is the Greek Regiment of 950 personnel and the third is the Turkish Regiment of 650 personnel. In addition to these, there is the Greek National Guard Army, which has approximately 120,000 personnel where 80 percent of the officers of the Greek Cypriot National Guards are officers … |
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Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | Open Journal of Political Science |
Dergi ISSN | 2164-0505 |
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Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 06-2019 |
Cilt No | 9 |
Sayı | 3 |
Sayfalar | 502 / 511 |
Doi Numarası | 10.4236/ojps.2019.93028 |
Makale Linki | http://www.scirp.org/journal/doi.aspx?DOI=10.4236/ojps.2019.93028 |